{"id":13428,"date":"2019-02-17T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T06:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=13428"},"modified":"2020-12-31T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T10:15:35","slug":"punjab-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2019\/02\/17\/punjab-grill\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"

…and we have a brand new mall in Whitefield. Let’s not speak of whether we wanted one. The mall wasn’t fully functional when we visited (mid November), but from the looks of it, the Indian non-resident Americans of Shantiniketan would be a happy lot. I was most excited by a microbrewery coming up. That makes it 9 in the vicinity! As D mentioned, there would really no need to get out of Whitefield on weekends.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Punjab Grill was what we visited for, and that was on the ground floor. The frontage is completely open, and while that might show off the interiors to passers-by, it does take away from the privacy. The decor is definitely fine dining – plush seating, chandeliers, photos of royalty and elegant crockery. The staff is very courteous too.<\/p>\n

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All of that also means the pricing is exorbitant too! There’s no alcohol available, so we asked for lassi – D wanted a Kesar Pisteywali version and I chose coconut. We asked whether the coconut flavour was fresh (and not powder or extract) and were told it was. Reality was different and given the Rs.295 we were paying for it, I did something uncharacteristic – I sent it back, and asked for what D was having. That was thick, rich and a much better offering for the price.<\/p>\n

The Murgh Tikka Punjab Grill was our chosen starter – boneless chicken with a mildly spicy red chilli marinade. This was delicious fare and highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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Mains was a Patiala Shahi Kadai Murgh which had onion, tomatoes, and green chili in a cashew based gravy. Microgreens for the with-it quotient. \ud83d\ude09 The Zafrani Paronthi Naan sounded interesting and turned out to be so as well. Filling too. D tried the Rajgira Parantha, which was described to us as one with an aloo filling. It didn’t have much of that but did have great texture.<\/p>\n

A nice paan shot (complimentary) ended the meal well.<\/p>\n

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The wallet was lighter by a little over Rs.2500. We did know that going in, so we were mentally prepared. The service is extremely good. They are courteous, describe the dishes- along with the spice level to expect, and make sure serving and refills happen at the right time. If you’re in the mood for North Indian fare in this part of the world, this will do the job.<\/p>\n

Punjab Grill, Ground Floor, Forum Shantiniketan, Whitefield Main Road Ph: 49653240<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Punjab Grill is on the ground floor of the Forum Shantiniketan mall. The food is tasty, and the service exemplary. But as one would expect, the pricing is exorbitant. A meal for two with just a starter, bread, mains and lassi cost us a little over Rs.2500. For when you’re on splurge mode! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,5432],"tags":[5745,6028],"class_list":["post-13428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant-reviews","category-whitefield","tag-forum-shantiniketan","tag-punjab-grill"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14014,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428\/revisions\/14014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}